Home Ground: Clayton Reserve

Club Address: P.O. Box 5303, Clayton 3168, Victoria

Formed: 1908

Colours: Black and white

Emblem: Magpies

Senior Grade Post-War Premierships: Dandenong District Football Association (DDFA) - 1950 (1 total); Federal Football League (FFL) - 1980-1 (2 total); South East Suburban Football League (SESFL) Division One - 1982, 1984 (2 total); Eastern District Football League (EDFL) Division Two - 1993 (1 total); SFL Division One - 2001, 2006 (2 total); SFL Division Two - 2010 (1 total)

Senior SFL Best and Fairest Player Awards: V.Currie 2005 (1 total)

Clayton celebrated its centenary in 2008, but information about the club’s early years is limited. Just prior to and for more than a decade after world war one the club competed in the Berwick District Football Association before transferring during the 1930s to the Dandenong District Football Association. After the second world war the Magpies continued their involvement in the DDFA until 1953, claiming a senior grade premiership in 1950 besides reaching a grand final in their last season, which they lost to Noble Park.

Between 1954 and 1981 Clayton was a member of the Federal Football League, with the seniors enjoying premiership success in their final two seasons. A highly successful three season stint in the South East Suburban Football League followed during which the magpies went top twice.

From 1985 until 1998 Clayton competed in the Eastern District Football League, contesting consecutive division two grand finals in 1992 and 1993, the latter of which was won.

Since commencing in the Southern Football League in 1999 the Magpies have been a force to be reckoned with. In 2001 they overcame St Kilda City in the senior grade grand final by 20 points, 13.8 (86) to 9.12 (66). A second senior flag, achieved at the expense of St Paul’s Bentleigh, followed five years later. Between 2001 and 2008 Clayton’s senior side qualified for every finals series bar one, but the 2010 season saw the Magpies competing in division two. Thankfully, their stay in the lower grade was brief, and they immediately earned promotion on the strength of a 26 point grand final defeat of Oakleigh Districts.

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